VII.

“And both implored of Spaniards to obey With cordial loyalty the Kingling given, And both with impious tongue blaspheming say The usurping dynasty is blest of Heaven! But Spaniards may not thus be bargain-driven. Sudden arose the land in all its might; Sudden its chains like spider-threads were riven. Too long its slumber--too profound the night; And when the Nation woke, ’twas in a glare of light!